CA Flavor Ban: Stay of Execution
As reported in our recent blog post, a vaping flavor ban was passed by the California legislature and signed by Governor Newsom on August 28th of this year. The ban was set to take effect on January 1st, 2021, and would have prohibited the sale of flavored vape juice at brick and mortar stores while […]
Death by Chocolate UPDATE
Our award winning chocolate flavor, Death by Chocolate, has been out of stock for a couple of months. We know from all of your emails and calls that a lot of customers are anxiously awaiting its return! We have good news! The raw materials have passed our laboratory testing quality control check. That means we […]
Man Severely Burned in Vaping Accident
There have been a few e-cigarette accidents and even a couple of deaths over the years caused by lithium ion battery meltdowns. Another accident occurred on November 1st in Nottinghamshire, England, when the spare e-cig battery in a man’s pocket began overheating. Dan Vowles, 46, is a social care worker who was just finishing his […]
Vaping Regulation Roundup
In this round up of recent developments on the vaping regulations front, there are some winners, some losers and one “What the #$%$!?” A Win for Florida Vapers First, the good news. After a long, hard fight, Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill in Florida, SB810, that would have banned all flavored vapes with the […]
Vaping vs. the Corona Virus: A Look at the Evidence
As the coronavirus continues to keep billions of people on lock down around the world, rumors are circulating on vaping websites and forums about how vaping might affect susceptibility to the virus. Since most vapers are ex-smokers, does our past love affair with combustible cigarettes still put us at risk? Will vaping make us more […]
Will Kai’s Virgin Vapor Survive the FDA?
From reading this blog, you probably know that the FDA is requiring vape companies to submit a Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) by September 9th of this year or go out of business. The applications are crushingly expensive, extremely complicated and time consuming making it extraordinarily difficult for anyone but a very large corporation to […]
BREAKING: Trump to Kill HR 2339!
No matter your politics, if you’re a vaper, you’ve gotta love President Trump’s latest move! Vapers and the vaping industry have been holding their breath over a bill that is being voted on in Congress today. However, thanks to a statement released yesterday from the Executive Office of the President, the results aren’t going to […]
Bernie Sanders Threatens to “Shutdown” the Vape Industry!
When asked about the so-called “youth vaping epidemic” at a town hall meeting in Iowa in January, Bernie Sanders responded by apparently threatening to shut down the vaping industry. “The answer is, I think we shut down the industry if they’re causing addiction and if the evidence is that people are getting sick as a […]
Celebration: Our Blog Referenced by M.D. in National Affairs Journal!
We’re taking a break this week from our usual posts about regulatory affairs, e-cig news and what makes the best vape juice to give ourselves a little pat on the back. It turns out that our humble little website was used as a reference by a medical doctor in an essay published in National Affairs […]
FDA Reverses Course on Coronavirus/Vaping Link
In a rare reversal, the FDA has changed its stance on the potential role vaping may play in vulnerability to the coronavirus. On March 27th, FDA spokesman Michael Felderbaum stated in response to an inquiry from Bloomberg News that vaping may put people at risk for more serious complications from the virus. “People with underlying […]
